Archive for 'VMware Update Manager' Category
VMware ESX 4 – COS Panic: Int3 @ mp_register_ioapic
Via VMware KB
VMware KB: Due to a possible dead lock on rpmdb, upgrading ESX 4.0 to 4.0 Update 1 can fail or time out and leave the host in an unusable state
Due to a possible dead lock on rpmdb, upgrading ESX 4.0 to 4.0 Update 1 can fail or time out and leave the host [...]
Enabling the VMware vCenter Update Manager plugin in 4.x generates an error
Source: http://kb.vmware.com/
Symptoms
You may experience these symptoms:
Attempting to enable the VMware vCenter Update Manager plugin fails
You receive the following error:
There was an error connecting to vmware vcenter update manager – IPADDRESSOFVC:8084
Vmacore::Exception: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed [...]
Setting up VMware Update Manager Download Service for Isolated Networks
VMware Communities: Setting up Vmware Update Manager Download Service for Isolated Networks
Patching Offline ESX servers with Vmware Update Manager
This is my brief guide to what I did to setup patching for isolated networks, like those in intellegence communities, etc. This is meant to help fill in some of the gaps that the documentation left in [...]
